Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer (San Diego)

Full-time - Senior

San Diego, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles. Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work - both in and out of the office. We are looking for our first Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join our Supply Chain team in San Diego, California. In this role, you are located at the crossroads of Oura Manufacturing, R&D, and Supply Chain. You will work alongside our design teams and process engineers, facilitating the development and eventual ramp of NPI programs, supporting the mission critical goal of developing high quality components and assemblies which are both manufacturable and scalable.

Responsibilities

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) through development builds, ramp-up, mass production, and steady state expansion efforts
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, design, and operations, to drive Oura's supplier quality engineering initiatives
• Develop and implement scalable manufacturing processes, quality systems, and yield improvement strategies
• Lead build readiness reviews, focusing on quality deliverables such as equipment readiness, process qualification, and post-build quality data analysis to facilitate component design and process improvements
• Identify and effectively communicate design and process risks, using data-driven approaches to facilitate discussions and improvements across Oura teams and suppliers
• Analyze and evaluate data to establish appropriate component spec limits including cosmetic, dimensional, functional/reliability as well as establish process controls limits
• Scale up suppliers and processes to meet production goals, including yield targets, line capacity (UPH), process capability (CPK), and other equipment/headcount requirements
• Conduct supplier audits and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supplier performance

Requirements

• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes and design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Experience in setting up quality systems at suppliers
• Ability to analyze data for program critical decision making
• Experience in developing and implementing measurement methods and control plans
• Strong communication skills to liaise between suppliers and designers